Trade & Market

Vietnam Tackles US Tariffs With Reforms And Diversification

Textile Insights May 8, 2025

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry, a cornerstone of its export economy, recently faced heightened challenges as the U.S. moved ahead with proposed tariff hikes that could increase duties on textile exports from the previous 15–16% to as high as 61–62%. With the U.S. accounting for 40% of

Sustainability

Vietnamese Garment Sector Lags Competitors In Turning Green

Textile Insights April 30, 2024

Although global orders for Vietnamese apparels has improved since the start of this year, experts aver that the industry is slower in going green when compared with its competitor Bangladesh. For example, Bangladesh has up to 153 garment factories which have bagged LEED certifications and there are 500 more factories which have applied for this […]

Corporates

YKK Japan Shifts Global Operations Headquarter To Vietnam

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

The world’s biggest apparel and luggage zipper manufacturer YKK has shifted its global operations headquarters from Japan to Vietnam. YKK has been operating in Vietnam since 1998 through its subsidiary named YKK Vietnam, with its first factory located in Dong Nai and set up its second plant in 2018. “In the past 26 years, YKK’s […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Vietnamese Garment Exporters Launching Own Brands Worldwide

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

Vietnamese clothing manufacturing companies are actively launching and promoting brand development, with many of planning to introduce these brands in various countries. These companies began by introducing ‘Made in Vietnam’ apparel brands in the domestic market and then started launching them in overseas markets For example, May 10 Corporation has recently introduced two

Industry

Added Value in Vietnam Textile & Garment Sector Very Low

Textile Insights January 2, 2024

Although Vietnam is a major textiles and garment exporter, the added value in the industry is very low compared to the potential of the industry. Exports of textiles and apparels are expected to reach around US $40.3 billion in 2023 for which, imported raw materials and accessories accounted for nearly 58 percent or $23.2 billion. […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Vietnamese Students Shirking Garment Technology Courses

Textile Insights October 16, 2023

The number of Vietnamese students enrolling to study courses in garmenting technology has fallen sharply, following workers and staff being laid off after the Covid-19 pandemic began Students have been psychologically affected by the phenomenon of workers in this industry being fired by businesses during and after the Covid-19 outbreak. This phenomenon has resulted in […]

Industry

Vietnam & South Korea Cooperate On Textile & Garment Sector

Textile Insights August 26, 2023

Vietnam and South Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation in the textile and garment sector. A MoU was signed between the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) and the Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI) this week. The signing ceremony took place on the sideline of ‘Preview in Seoul 2023’ […]